Paiwan Every Day 493: ainu / inu

 a-inu or inu 'where' (Ferrell, p. 54)

ainu a kaus? ku sikaus ta siyaw. 

inu a ‘u sivecivecik?

Free translation:

Where is the soup spoon? I use it to serve soup. 

Where is my pen?

Word gloss: 

1. ainu or inu: where
2. a: subject case marker
3. kaus: ladle, soup spoon
4. ku or ‘u: my, 1st person singular GEN
5. si-kaus: to use the ladle to get  soup. The root is kaus 'ladle'. 
6. ta: OBL
7. siyaw or siav: soup
8. si-veci-vecik: thing used for writing, pen. si- 'IF'; the root is vecik 'writing, pattern' in RED

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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDC Online Paiwan Dictionary sikaus.